Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem won the sixth match of the 2019 Summer Chess Classic held at the Saint Louis Chess Club, the US, on June 25.
(HBO) - Currently, within the province there are 32 artificial mini grass football fields, nearly 30 swimming pools, 37 tennis courts, 1 golf course and more than 2,000 simple sports grounds in the hamlets and 724 sports clubs at the grassroots levels. All the above physical training and sports facilities have been built from the socialized sources invested by the enterprises, the organizations and the individuals.
(HBO) - Bui Thi Luong lived in Yen Lac commune, Yen Thuy district. At 12 years old, Luong was able to participate in athletics competitions at the Yen Thuy District Student Sports Tournament in 2016. Luong won a gold medal and participated in the Hoa Binh Provincial Sports Tournament.
Vietnam’s national football team has risen two places to 96th in the latest FIFA’s rankings. This is the highest position Vietnam have held in the past 20 years. Their highest rank ever was 84th in 1998.
(HBO) - Hoa Binh - Shakti Yoga Club - Hoa Binh just celebrated June 21 International Yoga Day and co-performed yoga.
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Roger Federer began his preparations for next month’s Wimbledon Championships with a 7-6(1) 6-3 victory over unseeded Australian John Millman in the opening round of the Halle Open on Tuesday.
Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai has been named one of six notable names of Asia that are good enough to play in Europe this summer.
Vietnam finished second in Group C of the ongoing Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U20 Futsal Championship in Iran. They will face Indonesia in the quarterfinals on June 18.
Matchday 13 will be an uncompromising battle between teams as it marks the conclusion of the 2019 V.League first leg. With Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi FC already guaranteed the top-two places, up to seven other teams, equivalent to half of the participants, still stand the chance to settle for third position in the table after this weekend.
Nguyen Thanh Khoi, captain of Hoang Anh Gia Lai U19s, has been chosen as the Vietnamese representative in the ASIAN ELEVEN team for the JapaFunCup international friendly football match with the U-18 Tohoku selection team, set to take place at J-Village Stadium in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture on June 22.
Vietnamese star runner Quach Thi Lan has wrapped up the 2019 Asian Grand Prix Series with success, as she bagged two gold medals in the women’s 400m from the two-leg event in Chongqing, China.
Forward Nguyen Cong Phuong missed from the spot as Vietnam lost 4-5 in the penalty shootout against Curacao in their 2019 King’s Cup final at Chang Arena in Buriram, Thailand on June 8.
Vietnam’s U-23 team won over Myanmar 2-0 in a friendly match at the Viet Tri stadium in the northern province of Phu Tho on June 7th.
Vietnam’s football team secured its win at the last minute of the added time of an opener against Thailand of the football King’s Cup 2019 on June 5 after a header by forward Anh Duc following a corner kick by midfielder Xuan Truong found the net of its arch rival.
(HBO) - Bui Thanh Huyen, 13 years old, is a pupil of Thinh Lang Primary and Secondary School in Hoa Binh city. Besides studying at school, Huyen spends from 1-2 hours a day to practice sports.
(HBO) - In recent years, the movement of physical training and sports in Doan Ket commune (Yen Thuy district) has developed strongly and widely in the hamlets. Besides mass sports, ethnic traditional sports are also regularly practiced by people such as crossbow shooting, tug of war, pushing sticks, stilts...
(HBO) - In Kim Truy commune, Kim Boi Center of Culture and Information organized a swimming tournament with the different distances of Kim Boi district in 2019. Nearly 120 athletes from 21 departments in the province took part in the tournament. They competed the following contents: the relay for men's and women's team, the freestyle with a distance of 50 meters and 100 meters, and the breaststroke with a distance of 50 meters and 100 meters.
(HBO) - In the two days of May 28 and 29, Kim Boi Military Command held the 2019 militia defense force sport festival.
Matchday 11 of the 2019 V.League saw reigning champions Hanoi FC unexpectedly ousted by lower-rated Nam Dinh FC, while Hoang Anh Gia Lai suffered their first defeat under newly appointed manager Lee Tae-hoon.
Tickets for the upcoming U23 friendly football match between Vietnam and Myanmar are set to go on sale on June 4.
Nearly 1,000 athletes from 47 countries and territories will take part in the Vietnam Jungle Marathon 2019 on May 25th in the central province of Thanh Hoa’s Pu Luong Nature Reserve, which is home to an ancient jungle, soaring limestone peaks, vibrant rice paddy fields, and small ethnic minority villages.
The organisers of the 2022 Qatar World Cup said on Saturday that "there will be no decision imposed" on the country to extend the tournament to 48 teams.
Rafael Nadal proved that he would still be the man to beat when the French Open begins later this month after he humbled Novak Djokovic 6-0 4-6 6-1 in the Italian Open final on Sunday to win a record 34th ATP Masters 1000 title.
The United States may be favourites to retain their Women's World Cup title but the rapid development of the game globally means they will face a tougher field than ever before when the tournament gets underway in France on June 7.
(HBO) - At the V'star Entertainment Center swimming pool, the Department of Education and Training organized the Swimming prize of 8th Provincial Phu Dong Sports in 2019.
